Hayes would like to know what would happen when two equally forceful laser beams, preferably one red and one green from Star Wars, collide head-on. I talked with Hayes about energy, angle of deflection, etc., and came to the conclusion that they would not repel one another but consume each other. Laser beams not fired directly at one another would bounce off the other and change their directory.
I was able to find this reference but, alas, it's not exactly what Hayes wanted to know. Does anybody know?
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Laser is simply monochromatic light. Two lasers would interfere with each other. Light interference can be either constructive or destructive. I don't know the mathematics to figure our how they would interfere and if directionality would play into it. But the end result is that the mixed laser would either have a higher amplitude or a lower amplitude. They wouldn't bounce off of each other.
A big thank you to Josh for an answer on this. Hayes and I discussed it last night prior to bedtime.
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